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The RAPID RESPONSE TOOLBOX is a comprehensive online knowledge repository designed to support effective interventions. The RAPID RESPONSE TOOLBOX collates practical resources, guidelines and hands-on documents, providing them to aid workers for free, when they need it, where they need ist.

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Safe Hospitals in Emergencies and Disasters

World Health Organization, ISDR, EU World Health Organization (2010)
Structural, Non-structural and Functional Indicators
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Evaluating health systems' preparedness for emerging infectious diseases: a novel conceptual and analytic framework

Ralf Krumkamp, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Amena Ahmad, Ralf Reintjes, Richard Coker (2010)
Health Policy. 2010 Dec;98(2-3):91-7. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.06.004. Epub 2010 Jul 16. Only Abstract available. Please write to the Author to get the full-text
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Pandemic Influenza: Current Threat

Starbuck, E.S. Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness (H2P) Initiative (2010) CC
Power Point. Includes information on epidemiology, history and current threat, as well as mitigation strategies. Updated 2010
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Question éthiques en temps de pandémie

Centre de collaboration nationale sur les politiques publiques et la santé (2010)
Etudes de cas
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Guide to Local Production: WHO-recommended Handrub Formulations
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2010) C_WHO
This guide to local production of WHO-recommended handrub formulations is separated into two discrete but interrelated sections: Part A provides a practical guide for use at the pharmacy bench during the actual preparation of the formulation. Users may want to display the material on the wall of ... more
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Setting up a national disaster preparedness and response mechanism: Guidelines for National Societies

IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross Red Cresent Societies (2010)
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Hand Hygiene: Why, How and When?
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
Poster
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Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene (Chair)

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
Poster
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Glove Use Information Leaflet

World Health Organization (2009) CC
On the appropriate use of gloves with respect to hand hygiene.
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How to Hand rub?
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World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
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Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health with special applications for low- and middle-income countries

Mario R Dal Poz, Neeru Gupta, Estelle Quain and Agnes LB Soucat World Health Organization (WHO); USAID; The World Bank (2009)
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Hand Hygiene Technical Reference Manual

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
A manual to train health-care workers on practising, teaching and observing hand hygiene.
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Planning framework for a national policy and programme for making health facilities safe in emergencies

World Health Organization (2009)
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Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
In this guideline, natural ventilation is considered 
among one the effective measures to control infections in health care. This guideline provides 
a design and operation guide for hospital planners, engineers, architects and infection control 
personnel. The recommendations in this guidelin ... more
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Procédures Opérationnelles Standard Pour la Surveillance Renforcée de la Méningite en Afrique

Organisation de la Santé Mondiale OMS, Bureau Regional de l'Afrique (2009) C_WHO
Les procédures opérationnelles standard (POS) pour la surveillance renforcée de la méningite en Afrique sont des guides de la Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS) conçus pour détecter précocement et répondre aux épidémies de méningite, en particulier dans la ceinture africaine de la m ... more